FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES: EPA violation history, explained
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,908, over 5,677 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES ranks 7,879th by violation burden (39th percentile) - 18 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the TN average
TN's 318 covered systems average 4.8 health-based violations each; FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2007-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 1987-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES's record does not cover
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,879th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.